I’m thrilled to announce that my fifth full-length poetry collection, Hands in Clay, is forthcoming from Serving House Books (Fall 2025). I’m open to booking readings, guest teachings, interviews, writing workshops, and other creative/literary-related speaking engagements wherever the readers are gathered, so feel free to get in touch via [mildred.barya(at)gmail(dot)com] Praise for Hands in Clay […]
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Irki is for Homeland, Kadija Sesay’s first poetry book
Irki is one of the poetry books published in 2013 that one ought to read before the year ends. Reason, it takes the idea of knitting to a poetic level that becomes crucial in understanding how each individual poem threads into a collection of 53 poems structured under four parts. “Letting Go,” which is Part […]
‘Give Me Room To Move My Feet’ Book Launch in Uganda
I’m excited to be going home, catch up with family, friends, read and launch my poetry book: Give Me Room To Move My Feet in Uganda. Two years ago I launched this book in Senegal where it was published and where I was based. It gives me great pleasure that copies are now available in […]
Cape Verde with Corsino Fortes
One of the finest islands with great music–think Cesaria Evora–beautiful deep blue waters, and good food; go national and get the cachupa–hard corn mixed with dry beans topped with two sausages and fried eggs. That’s what you can have for breakfast and/or lunch. An orange on the side. Some vegetables. And oh, the tuna is […]
Micere Mugo: young, beautiful and soulful
Ah, am sated. I’ve ticked the month of February off because it’s done. Finished. The Mugo celebration this weekend released dynamite it’s going to take a while to ‘recover.’ I’m not complaining. I’m commemorating.
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